Ash-receptacle.



E 1. BAUR. ASH RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, I914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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E. J. BAUR.

ASH RECEPTACLE.

D JAN.2. I914.

APPLICATION FILE EDWARD J. BAUR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ASH-REOEPTACLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed January 2, 1914. Serial No. 809,925.

ash receptacles and the primary object of' the same is to provide a receptacle so constructed as to obviate the danger of any dust from the ashes escaping.

A secondary object is to provide a simple, strong and efficient receptacleof the character described which will be well adapted to i the above stated purpose.

With the above objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel'features of construction and operation herein-described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved ash receptacle; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig." 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken at right angles to Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated, my improved ash receptacle is shown in the form of a rectangular casing 1 closed at its upper end by a cover 2 which may be either fixed or removable and having its lower end closed by a bottom 3 which, like the cover 2, may be either fixed or removable to adapt the receptacle to different uses.

Disposed within the casing 1 at a point intermediate its upper and lower ends, is a hopper 4: which as shown, comprises four inclined walls 5 secured to the walls of the casing 1 at their upper ends and having their lower ends terminating at a suitable point to provide a discharge opening of the proper dimensions. I

By the disposition of the hopper 4, I provide an upper compartment 6 which I will call the dust hood and a lower compartment '7 which I term the ash retaining chamber.

By reference to the drawings, it will be seen that the dust compartment 6 is provided with a horizontal inlet opening 8 in which a horizontally hinged door 9 is adapted to close, while the ash retaining compartment 7 is provided with a door opening 10 which is normally closedby a vertically hinged doorll. I preferably provide both of the above mentioned doors with spring hinges 12 although it will be understood that independent springs or weights could be employed for holding them normally closed.

Located above each door opening inan inclined dust deflector 13 for a purpose to appear.

In the operation of the device, an ash can or bucket B is placed within the ash receiving compartment 7 and the door 11 is allowed to close through the action of its spring hinges 12. Ashes can then be taken direct from the furnace or stove by means of a shovel, the door 9 into the dust compartment may then be opened and the shovel inserted and given a half turn. This will dis charge the ashes into the hopper 4 from which they will be directed into the can or bucket B in the ash receiving compartment.

-Any dust which may rise during this operation will be trapped in the upper end of the dust compartment 6 and when the shovel is removed the door 9 will be closed by its hinges l2 and no dust will be allowed to escape. If the above operation is repeated successively, a great deal of dust will have collected in the dust compartment 6 and in order to prevent it from flowing out of the inlet opening '8, when the door 9 is open, the upper deflector 13 is employed.

Although it is very advantageous to handle the ashes in the above described manner at night and remove'the bucket B from the lower compartment in the morning when. all dust is settled, it may be necessary at times to remove the bucket B before the dust has entirely settled. Considerable dust will have been trapped in the upper end of the lower compartment and in order to prevent this dust from flowing out the lower opening 10 when its door ll-is open, I also employ a deflector 13 over said lower opening.

In order'that no dust may be allowed to 4 for directing ashes into the bucketB, it will be readily understood that if the bucket be of such size as to fit snugly within the lower end-of the casing, the hopper t might be easily dispensed with. I may so construct the bottom 3 of the casing that it may be entirely removed and the complete device placed over any receptacle adapted. to receive ashes.

Although I have described my invention with considerable minuteness as to details, I do not wish to be limited to features of construction other than those amplified in the appended claim, neither do I wish to be limited to the use of the device in handling ashes since it will be clearly understood that it will operate to equal advantage in the handling of any substance from which dust is prone to rise.

What I claim as my invention:

The combination in an ash receptacle with a funnel-shaped hopper secured therein intermediate its ends, an outlet opening, a deflector plate and a hinged closure for the same in one side of the receptacle below the hopper, of a rectangular dust receiving chamber formed by the upper portion of said receptacle above the hopper, said receptacle having an elongated inlet opening extending transversely in one of its sides adjacent the top of the hopper, an outwardly swinging closure for said opening mounted on a horizontal axis above the same, and an angular deflector plate having its upper portion secured to the inner wall of the casing above said inlet opening, and the lower portion thereof projecting inwardly and downwardly therefrom, whereby dust arising from ashes poured through the inlet to said receptacle is prevented from escaping therethrough and is retained in the dust receiving chamber until it settles.

EDWARD J. BAUR.

Witnesses MAX SCHRAMM, FRED BRANDT. 

